OSWEGO COUNTY MARKET

Oswego County, New York Farmers Market — Buy & Sell Local Crops Near You

🌽 Buy local in Oswego County: fruit, vegetables, honey, baked goods, plants and livestock from people in Altmar, Bernhards Bay and Hannibal. Fruit, vegetables, cottage foods, plants, seeds and farm gear are all welcome. Listing is free and you keep 100% of every local sale.

Farming in Oswego County by the Numbers

Oswego County has 592 farms on 85,696 acres (about 145 acres each). Together they sold $68.9 million of farm products in 2022, led by dairy (milk), vegetables and fruit & nuts.

Orchards and vineyards here grow apples, pears and grapes, and local fields produce onions, sweet corn, pumpkins and green beans. Beekeepers tend about 336 honey bee colonies.

119 farms in Oswego County already sell straight to the public, about $828,000 a year in direct sales. Crop Market gives them, and every backyard grower, a free way to reach more neighbors.

Source: USDA National Agricultural Statistics Service, 2022 Census of Agriculture.

Farm Life in Oswego County

Livestock is part of daily life here: the 2022 farm census found 12,861 head of cattle, 3,420 egg-laying hens and 880 horses and ponies in Oswego County. Grass-fed beef sold by the quarter or half is a common way ranchers sell direct.

About 1,046 people run or help run farms in Oswego County, with an average age of 57. 41% of them are women. 111 are under 35 - the next generation of local growers. 16 farms earn money from agritourism - things like u-pick fields, pumpkin patches, farm stays and corn mazes.